Aerial toy.



J. W. FOSTER.

AERIAL TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 12, 1908.

Patented Aug. 3, 190% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON W. FOSTER, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TOALEXANDER SABEL, 0F JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

AERIAL TOY.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACKSON W. Fos'rnn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the countyof Duval and 5 State of Florida, have invented a new and useful AerialToy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to aerial toys and its object is to rovide aprojectile preferably of that. type esigned to be shot after the mannerof an arrow, although it-is of course to be understood that the same maybe discharged from a specially constructed rifle, mortar or the like,said projectile carrying means designed to be actuated automaticallyimmediately prior to the downward movement of the projectile.

A further object is to rovide a novel form of lock for holding in oeration the device carried by the projectilia, said lock beingmaintained in a predetermined relation to the projectile by the pressureof air thereupon produced during the flight of the projectile, therebeing means however for promptly automatically releasing the device onthe projectile as soon as this air pressure is reduced, as, for example,when the projectile reaches the limit of its upward move ment.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of arts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

. In said drawings:Figure 1 is a erspective view of a projectileembodying t e pres- 'ent improvement and showing one form of deviceconnected thereto and released therefrom, saiddevice having the form ofa parachute. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the head of theprojectile and showing the position of the arachute when locked withinthe head. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of projectile.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates thestem or shaft of the projectile, the same being preferably notched atone end as indicated at 2, so as to properly engage the strin of abowused in shootingthe projectile. he other end of the stem 1 has a head 3preferably in the form of a hollow cylinder which is open at its outerend.

cords 7 of a parachute 8, said within the head, and bears upon one endof a hellcal spring 5, the other end of which contacts with the closedor inner end of the head. A cord or other flexible device 6 is securedat one end to the inner end or bottom of the head 3 and asses throughthe spring 5 and,

the center 0 the disk 4 and is attached to the arachute being soproportioned as to be rea ily folded into a com act bundle and looselyseated within the ead 3 and upon the disk 4. A retaining bar 9 ispivotal y connected to the head 3 adjacent the open end thereof and isdesi ed to swing acrosssaid open end and retaln the folded arachutetherein, the free end of the bar bein formed with an eye 10. This eye isdesigne to be engaged b a lug 11 outstanding from a wing 12 w ich ishingedly connected to the head 3 at a pointdiametrically opposite thepivotal connections between bar 9 and head 3, said wing being desi ed tofold inwardl into position substantia 1y parallel with t ev head 3 asclearly indicated in Fig. 2. When the wing is thus located with the stud11 within the eye 10 the retaining bar 9 is, obviously, held in positionacross the open end of head 3, and

A disk or follower 4 is movably mounted the parachute thus revented frombecoming unseated. When t e projectile is not in use a cord 13 which issecured to'the free end of the win 12 in any suitable manner, may befastene to the stem or shaft I close to the notched end 2 thereof.

When it is desired to use the aerial toy herein describedthe cord 13 isunfastened from the shaft or stemll and held by the operator so as tomaintain the wing 12 in its depressed position as indicatedin Fig. 2.While the parts are thus disposed the notched end of the stem or shaftis placed in engagement with the string of a bow and the projectile maythen be shot like'an arrow, the 0 erator of course releasing the cord 13at t e same instant that the projectile is released. During the movementof the projectile through the atmosplhere under the impulse imparted toit by t e bow the pressure of the air upon the wing I2'will besufficient to maintain said wing 1n the position in which it wasoriginally set. As soon however as the projectile reaches the limit ofits upward movementand begins todescend the w1ng-12, being relieved "ofthe air ressure to which it was subjected during t e upward wardly' bythe spring which, as is obvious,

' is held under stress while the parachute is housed within the head 3.A predetermined outward movement of the wing is sufficient to disengagethe lug 11 and the eye 10, and the sprin 5 will therefore promptly :apelthe folds arachute from the head. ter the cord 6 has been fully paidout, the folds of the parachute will open'in the usual manum, and thedescent of the projectile will thus be greatly retarded. The positionsof the parts immediately subsequent to the release of the parachute havebeen indicated inFig.1. V Asheretofore stated, other devices thanparachutes may be usedin connection with the projectile. In Fig. 3 theprojectile has been shown provided with means whereby a detonator may beexploded automatically as soon as said projectile reaches the limit ofits upward movement. The stem or shaft 1 s manner as is the stem 1 andhas at its other end a head 16, from whlch guides 17 extend, said guidesbeing disposed to support as well as guide a plate 18. This plate andthe head' 16 cooperate to hold a suitable detonator in position. A'firing-pin 19 is slidably mounted in guides 20 arranged on the stem 14,and this pin has a head 21 designed tobe forced against the plate 18 soas to explode the detonator contained between said plate and the head16. A spring 22 is arranged on the firing-pin and bears at its endsagainst one of the guides 20 .andgthe head 21 respectively, and servesto actuate said pin when it is released from its locking mechanism. Thislocking. mechanism consists of a link 23 which is pivota'll connected tothehead 21 and mounted to s 'de within. a slot 24 extendinglongitudinallywithin the stem 14. Said link 23 has an eye 25st its freeend which is similar to the eye 10 heretofore referredto and is designedto be engaged by a lug 26extending from a wing 27 which is hingedlyconnected to the stem 14. A cord 28 is attached After the arts have beenset as shown in Fig. 3, a etonator may be placed between" head 16 andplate '18 and the rojectile then discharged or shot by means 0 a-bow.Asin the structure'shown in Fig, 1 land heretofore described the airpressure will be sufiicient to hold the wing 27 in set position as longas the projectile is traveling under the im' ulse imparted to it by thebow. When, owever, the projectile reaches the limit Of-its upwardmovement and this air pressure is thusreduced, the sprin 22 will be ofsufiicient firing-pin 19 to be shifted against the plate 18. Thedetonator will thus be exploded.

own in Fig. 3 is notched at 15 in the same Obviously, various otherdevices may be utilized in; connection withaprojectile and arranged tobe released. by. means" of the mechanism herein described when therojectile reaches its highest elevation; or w pen the air pressure isreduced to apredetermineddegree from an cause. Also various changes maybe ma e in the construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting.

from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

If desired a hook 29 such ,as-indicated in Figs. ,1 and 3 may beconnected to the front or advancing end of theprojectile and thishookcanengage a spring or other suitable device whereby the projectilecan be shot without the use of a bow or other device exerting pressureagainst the rear end of the g 1. A pro'ectile having a member movablymounted t ereon, means for automatically actuating said member, andtrolled by the pressure of air thereon for locking said member againstmovement.

means con- 2. A projectile having a member movably mounted relativethereto, means for'auto matically actuating said member, a lockingmovabl mounted and arranged to be win helc? in a pre eterminedfpositionby air pressure during the flight 0 the projectile, and means disposedto be engage bysaid wing to hold the movable member ina predeterminedposition.

3. A projectile having as ring-actuated member movably mounts t iereon,a

hingedly mounted locking wing, and means upon the movable member andengaged by the wing for holding said movable member in set position, themovement of the wing against, during the flight of the projectile.

being controlled by the pressure of air therer 4. A projectilecomprising a stem, a

springeactuate member carried thereby, a wing mounted upon and disposedto swing relative to the stem, means engaged by the the housing, meansfor expelling said member the housin a locking device mov ablycon'nected to t e housing, and means 1 engaged by the locking device forholding said member against the action of the expel- I lingmeans, saidlocking means being dis' posed to beheld in a predetermined position y.the pressure of air during thefiight of the projectile. power to swing te wmg 27 upon its hinge and thus release the link 23 and permit the 6.In a pro ectile a housing, a member connected thereto and disposed to beseated therein, means for automatically expelling said member from thehousing, a retaining device, and a locking wing movably connected to thehousing and disposed to engage the retaining device toho (1 said memeragainst the action of the expelling means While the Wing is subjected toa predetermined air pressure.

7. In a projectile a housing, a member connected thereto and disposed tobe seated therein, means for automatically expelling said member fromthe housing, a retaining device and a locking Wing movably connected tothe housing and dis osed to engage the retaining devicento hol. saidmember against the action of the expelling means while the wing issubjected to' a predetermined air pressure, and means for holding thewing set the projectile. 8. In a projectile a housing, a parachute disosed to be seated therein, means for expel ing the parachute from thehousing, and means controlled by the pressure of air during the" flightof the projectile for locking the parachute against the action of theexpelling means. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I. have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JACKSON W. FOSTER. Witnesses: f Y

J. G. PERMENTER,

F. F. REID.

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